I recall reading some time ago about the setting up of the boards. At that stage they were seen as being undemocratic, in that a majority on the body which would oversee the administration of the system would not now rest with the elected representatives. This was a fundamental change from the old boards of health and county councils. We now are told that the new boards will not be in any way representative of the elected members and that system seems even more undemocratic. When all is said and done, it is the elected representatives who are ultimately answerable and the only ones who go in front of the people regularly.